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Hugh                                                                                                                                                          Memories are made of this
and me
How I met Mr Right —
                                                                                                                                                              Or why I’ll always have a
                                                                                                                                                              soft spot for Sydney
                                                                                                                                                              Christopher Toh
                                                                                                                                                              christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              breakfast. Now, that’s a parade.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    We also did the Sydney Harbour
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Bridge Climb that trip, and our guide
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              decided to turn comedian on us. “Did
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  you know that the Sydney Harbour
that’s Mr Wolverine to you                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Bridge has two times the number
                                                                                                                                                              I AM completely guilty of a travel                                                                                       of rivets on the Eiffel Tower?” she
May Seah                                                                                                                                                      crime: When visiting a place I’ve                                                                                         asked. “So it’s twice as riveting!”
may@mediacorp.com.sg                                                                                                                                          been to before, I always end up                                                                                           Ba-da-bum!
                                                                                                                                                              comparing the experience to my                                                                                                  And the food! So many
I HAVE to say, I have a pretty cool job.         son. (Mel Gibson,                                                                                            previous trip instead of focusing on                                                                                      memories, so many calories:
     As a features writer, I encounter           who?)                                                                                                        a new adventure. Sure, it might annoy                                                                                     Fish and chips in Manly, lobster
interesting and/or famous people every                 I’m not usually                                                                                        my vacation companions but, hey, you                                                                                     carpaccio (so fresh I swear I saw
day. Sometimes, I even get to jet set            a groupie. But ask any                                                                                       travel your way and I’ll travel mine.                                                                                  its legs kick) in an Italian restaurant
across the world to meet them. As such,          woman — or, for that                                                                                              And so it happened when                                                                                          somewhere along Liverpool Street,
my Facebook photos are full of trophy            matter, any man — and                                                                                        I returned to Sydney last                                                                                            dinner theatre on a boat where a
moments: Lounging brazenly in Sheldon’s          they’ll likely tell you that Hugh                                                                            November. My wife and I were                                                                                       tenor would burst into something
spot on the set of The Big Bang Theory,          Jackman is in a class of his own.                                     Yen Yok                                recounting our first trip to                                                                                     from Turandot as we sipped our cream
hanging with the Deadliest Catch guys in               Never mind that he sings,                                                                              the Australian city together                                                                                    of mushroom soup.
Seattle, and perching on the shoulders of a      dances, acts and produces. Never                                                                             more than a decade ago.                                                                                               Which is why I was more than a
couple of choice Chippendale dancers.            mind that he is Wolverine. Never mind                                                                        Back then, we weren’t                                                                                            little bummed out when, while in Sydney
     The photo that has received the most        that he has a list of awards longer than                                                                     married yet, we stayed                                                                                             with the family one time, my aunt
comments by far — many in the vein of            my arm. His real appeal can be explained                                                                     out way too late, and                                                                                               suggested that we look for Chinese
“How do I apply for your job?” — is the          in terms of evolutionary biology: Hugh                                                                       we did impulsive things                                                                                              food. Mind you, we’d just landed not
one of me meeting Mr Right.                      Jackman is an old-school manly-man.                                                                          like deciding to fly to                                                                                                an hour ago. (She also insisted on
     It was everything I thought it would              Women want to date him because                                                                         Melbourne — when we                                                                                                       wearing heels when visiting the
be. But don’t tell Hugh Jackman’s wife — I       he’s tall, handsome and has proven                                                                           were supposed to get on                                                                                                             Blue Mountains.)
don’t think she knows yet.                       himself desirable by being in a committed                                                                    a plane back to Singapore.                                                                                                                 Speaking of the
     Mind you, we didn’t meet                    marriage to the same woman for 15 years                      nice. He had no entourage or assistant, no           Now, on this particular                                                                                                           Blue Mountains, my
serendipitously at a lonely bus stop when        and raising two children. Men want to be                     forced smarmy-charm, and no pretensions.        trip, we were travelling                                                                                                              son came up to me
we were both holding the same Gabriel            him because he’s tall, handsome and has                      He was the biggest star I’d ever met, but       with two kids and a conga                                                                                                        the other day and spouted
Garcia Marquez book. The fact of the             biceps the size of melons.                    SHE SAID       by far the most personable.                     line of luggage. It was a little less                                                                                            this gem: “Did you know
matter was that I had to travel all the way            And speaking of melons, Hugh was                            My interview session with him was          impulsive and a tad more stick-to-                                                                                                the Blue Mountains are
to Sydney, Australia, in search of Hugh.         in fine form that day in Sydney. To play                     the very last one in a long day of meet-        the-itinerary-we-laboured-over-                                                                                                    called the Blue Mountains
Not that he was aware of it.Yes, it was a        Wolverine, a strict regimen of 4am gym                       the-fans-and-print-online-radio-television-     to-suit-their-tastes.                                                                                                              because from afar they
bit of a one-sided romance but still rather      workouts, cold showers and egg white                         press sessions. And Hugh answered all the            Still, I was wondering if                                                                                                     look blue?”
epic, I’d like to think.                         shakes had made his shoulders and arms
                                                                                               On top of      questions affably, making little jokes while    Sydney would strike a chord                                                                                                               No, I didn’t, I said,
     Back in April 2009, the movie               even more massive than usual. He made           all that     his eyes twinkled into mine.                    with the boys as it had with                                                                                                         where did you learn
X-Men Origins:Wolverine was about to be          his grand entrance hanging out of a           much-ness,          Which brings us back to that Facebook      me. It’s the Australian city                                                                                                         that?
released, and a publicity event was held on      chopper and waving to the screaming fans                     photo. It features the (one-time, but           I’ve been to the most, seeing                                                                                                          “Uncle Maurice
Cockatoo Island, in the middle of Sydney         below, then landed at the top of the quarry    Hugh was      who’s counting?) Sexiest Man Alive smiling      as most of the family on my                                                                                                  told me when we were going
Harbour, because many of the movie’s             and ziplined down to solid ground — all       also really,   charmingly into the camera — and me,            mother’s side — and my son’s                                                                                           there,” he replied.
scenes had been filmed there, as well as in      the while clad in a polo shirt that looked                   grinning, a whole head-and-a-half shorter.      godparents (and really good                                                                                                  I know it doesn’t sound
other Sydney locales.                            like it was about to bust its seams (in a     really nice.        And that is how there came to be           friends) — live there, so it’s only                                                                                    like much, but the fact that my
     The island, accessible by boat, has         good way), sexy black leather, matching                      a moment, immortalised in digital pixels        natural that some of my most                                                                                           son remembered some fact like
an old quarry and a number of historic           stubble, and his trademark easy smile.                       for all posterity, of me and Hugh Jackman       memorable, erm, memories, are set                                                                                      that from two months ago is a
buildings including a former shipyard and              Whatever it is in the Sydney water                     with our arms around each other, on a           in Sydney.                                                                                                             bit of an event. And it made me
a prison, which is now a UNESCO World            that produces such specimens — it                            beautiful island in Sydney Harbour.                  My first trip there presented me                                                                               smile. (I Googled — he’s right. It’s
Heritage site. The venue was also chosen         should be bottled and declared a national                         It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got       with the best gift a boy could wish for:                                                                        got something to do with incoming
because the movie’s star, 43-year-old            treasure.                                                    to do it.                                       His first encounter with full frontal                                                                           ultraviolet radiation being scattered by
Jackman himself, was born and raised in                Here’s the kicker: On top of all that                                                                  nudity of the female form. And it wasn’t                                                                        particles within the atmosphere creating
Sydney, and is now arguably its favourite        much-ness, Hugh was also really, really                        The writer is a features reporter at Today.   in some stuffy museum either. We were                                                        Faizal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              a blue-greyish colour to distant objects.)
                                                                                                                                                              at the beach (I can’t recall which) and my                                                                            And even this time we didn’t stay
                                                                                                                                                              cousin had told me there was something                                                                          out way too late, or get hammered with
                                                                                                                                                              cool to be found at the other end.                                  it turns into the happiest place on earth   strange Irish men, or see naked women
                                                                                                                                                              Curious, I followed him and — voila! —                              after Disneyland.                           for the first time (it is an event that,
                                                                                                                                                              we were in the nudist section, where my                                  My wife and I were there to cover      unfortunately, cannot be recreated), or
                                                                                                                                                              eyes feasted on a host of specimens of            HE SAID           the event and somehow we ended up           even spend as much time as we would
                                                                                                                                                              the human body as nature had intended.                              standing with an extremely friendly Irish   have liked — we were at the Blue
                                                                                                                                                                   Naturally, the first thing I did was                           contingent, who invited us to share in      Mountains for a total of 15 minutes.
                                                                                                                                                              run and tell my mother (“Mum, mum,                                  their picnic — of beer and Guinness.        As my wife said, we did meet up with
                                                                                                                                                              mum — guess what I saw!”), who in                                        Not wanting to offend them             amazing people whom we love, and
                                                                                                                                                              turn told my uncle, who in turn beat my
                                                                                                                                                                                                               The food!          by refusing their offer, we imbibed.        who love our boys. Everyone enjoyed
                                                                                                                                                              cousin, who in turn beat me.                     So many            Everything after that is a bit of a blur,   themselves — and that’s trumps being
                                                                                                                                                                   Many years later, I found myself            memories,          really. I remember fireworks. I remember    beaten up by my cousin any time.
                                                                                                                                                              at my first Sydney Mardi Gras parade.                               everybody hugging each other. I
                                                                                                                                                              Oxford Street is known for its retail            so many            remember Cher’s voice blasting through            The writer is the deputy features
                                                                                                                                                              scene and bars, but come every February,          calories.         the speakers. And then it was time for                     editor at Today.
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Tetsuya talking                                                                                                                                                   I’ve met incredible people who helped me
                                                                                                                                                                  to get to where I am today. In some ways,
                                                                                                                                                                  Waku Ghin is similar to how it was when
                                                                                                                                                                  I first started Tetsuya’s in 1989 when it
                                                                                                                                                                  only sat about 36 people.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   is always a serious issue. I’d like more
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   staff and, more importantly, people with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   passion. Skills can be taught.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         “Once things are more settled here,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   I’d like to send some staff in Waku Ghin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 to the culture. It will be good for them to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 experience it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “I’m not looking to expand. I just
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 want to focus on Waku Ghin so that it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 can operate smoothly even if my eyes are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Hospitality is an important and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 worthy profession. I want people to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 be proud to work in this industry.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The restaurant business is a people’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 business — you have to enjoy being
Tetsuya’s made him a                            accuracy of that old truism:You can tell a                                                                              “Agreeing to come to Singapore             to Tetsuya’s to work, and some of the         closed. I could consider (expanding) if my      with people. I don’t think it’s right for
culinary rock star in                           lot about a chef by the food he cooks.                                                                            wasn’t a difficult decision. Until Marina        Sydney guys here. It’ll be like an exchange   team wants to. Right now, I want my staff       you if you don’t.
Sydney.The opening of                                It was my second meeting with the                                                                            Bay Sands came along, I never planned            programme. There’s so much which can be       to learn and grow. I keep in touch with all          “It’s a special business — it’s hard
Waku Ghin at MBS brought                        Sydney-based Tetsuya. Perhaps it’s the                                                                            to open a second restaurant. I couldn’t          learnt from each other — from ways of         my ex-staff. I make it a point to visit them.   to explain. I know I’ll be doing this until
him to our shores. Now,                         innate Japanese manners that make him                                                                             believe how lucky I was to be asked.             cooking to running the actual restaurants     They’re like my children.                       I die.”
in his own words, chef                          such a polite enigma to interview. This is a                                                                      And I feel I’m luckier than some of the
Tetsuya Wakuda ponders his                      man who’s never been less than thoughtful                                                                         other chefs who’re here as I’d already
journey here and forward                        in his answers; whose flashes of humour                                                                           been visiting Singapore very frequently.
                                                are as fleeting as they are sincerely                                                                             It’s like my second home — I love the
                                                amusing to him. For one, who knew that                                                                            food here and I’ve many friends here
                                                the reserved chef has famous “boyfriends”                                                                         like Justin (Quek) and Ignatius (Chan) of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     He Said
                                                in Singapore?                                                                                                     Iggy’s. They’re my so-called ‘boyfriends’, as
                                                     Even when the topic turned tricky                                                                            my staff like to joke, because I spend so
                            SereNe LiM          when we addressed the unthinkable fact                                                                            much time with them.
                   serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg
                                                that Tetsuya’s in Sydney recently lost one                                                                              “There are many differences                  I went to
                                                of its much-vaunted three Chef’s Hats                                                                             between Tetsuya’s and Waku Ghin;                   Australia
SEVEN of the biggest names in the               — the top honours — in The Sydney                                                                                 adjustments have had to be made. There
culinary world gathered in Marina Bay           Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2011,                                                                              are 130 seats there compared to 25                  in 1982
Sands to present their restaurants              he remained preternaturally affable about                                                                         here. We use different ingredients and it’s      and arrived
together on a united front on Wednesday.        the whole thing.                                                                                                  a totally different way of cooking. There
Some revelled in swagger and thigh-                  Yup, when the world’s on a first-name-                                                                       isn’t much local produce here, but you            in Sydney
slapping quips. (Mario Batali, here’s           basis with you, you can afford to lose your                                                                       can import almost everything compared               with no
looking at you). Others took pains to           hat but not your cool.                                                                                            to how it’s done in Sydney, where there’s
express themselves. And then there was                                                                                                                            plenty of local produce and you can’t
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    language,
Tetsuya Wakuda: Quietly earnest; exacting       Part 1:The start of Waku Ghin                                                                                     import much.                                        no skills
yet elegant; cosmopolitan with deeply           “I went to Australia in 1982 and arrived in                                                                             “The distribution network here is also       and only
traditional soul.                               Sydney with no language, no skills and only                                                                       very efficient — it’s faster to get produce
     And that’s when you realise the            A$3,000 (S$3,840 today) in my pockets.                                                                            to Singapore than to Sydney even though          A$3,000 in
                                                                                                                                                                  they may be sent from South Australia.”          my pockets.
                                                                                                                                                                  Part ii:The present situation                       I’ve met
                                                                                                                                                                  “It’s been six months since Waku Ghin             incredible
                                                                                               Chef Tetsuya Wakuda
                                                                                                                                                                  opened. I’m very grateful for how things         people who
                                                                                                                                                                  have turned out so far. I didn’t expect the
                                                                                                                                                                  response would be so good. I’d (initially)       helped me
                                                                                                                                                                  thought that I’d only get 10 people eating         to get to
                                                                                                                                                                  at my restaurant. The success makes me
                                                                                                                                                                  more nervous. I have to keep up — I don’t        where I am
                                                                                                                                                                  want to disappoint guests. But it’s good             today.
                                                                                                                                                                  pressure. I can’t complain.
                                                                                                                                                                        “It hasn’t been more difficult on me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tetsuya
                                                                                                                                                                  now that I have Waku Ghin. Tetsuya’s in             Wakuda
                                                                                                                                                                  Sydney has been around for 22 years. I
                                                                                                                                                                  have staff working for me since day one. I
                                                                                                                                                                  have 70 full-time staff. I think if they can’t
                                                                                                                                                                  function without me, it means something
                                                                                                                                                                  is very wrong. I speak to my staff at
                                                                                                                                                                  Tetsuya’s every day, too.
                                                                                                                                                                        “For those who say my attention
                                                                                                                                                                  is divided — it’s not true. Tetsuya’s has
                                                                                                                                                                  been awarded three Hats in The Sydney
                                                                                                                                                                  Morning Herald Good Food Guide since
                                                                                               Marinated Botan Shrimp                                             1992. Losing a Hat from three to two this
                                                                                               with Sea Urchin and Caviar                                         year doesn’t bother me. To be honest,
                                                                                                                                                                  two or three Hats, I’m not worried
                                                                                                                                                                  — I don’t care. Such things are very
                                                                                                                                                                  subjective. You go to the restaurant and
                                                                                                                                                                  ask the guests about the food instead.
                                                                                                                                                                  You try reserving to see if you can get a
                                                                                                                                                                  table easily.
                                                                                                                                                                        “Our team is very strong and very
                                                                                                                                                                  professional. I’m not going to change the
                                                                                                                                                                  way I do things just because of this.”

                                                                                                                                                                  Part iii: Looking to the future
                                                                                                                                                                  “There are many things I’d like to improve
                                                                                                                                                                  in Waku Ghin — cooking methods, better
                                                                                                                            Saute Bamboo Clam with Garlic Cream   ingredients and staff training. Staffing         Waku Ghin
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Sydney in Singapore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             casually dubbed the mosaic of       top of Ion Orchard opened              first restaurant, opening in 1999.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             modern Australian cooking. “This    in partnership with Japanese           He now also owns and operates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             is my food, 30-odd years in the     restaurant group PJ Partners, just     the Glass Brasserie at the Hilton
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             making,” he said.                   in time for Christmas last year.       Sydney and Palace by Luke Mangan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Mangan, arguably Australia’s         The minimalist 6,000-sq-ft        in South Melbourne.
A taste of the city’s feted   IN THE eternal rivalry between two great        in Melbourne is still burning hot like an                                                                                                                                                      most celebrated chef, is the most   space set against the backdrop of           How’s that for a close
cuisine right here at home    Australian cities over, well, just about        irresistibly warm fire on a cold winter night.                                                                                                                                                 recent addition to the influx of    the city’s prized skyline celebrates   encounter of the culinary kind?
                              everything, it seems we might just have a       But Sydney has certainly caught up fast, like                                                                                                                                                  Australian top toques to make       the chef’s adaptation of the “Mod      Not to mention another fine
Don Mendoza                   winner.When it comes to dining out, at least.   a bush fire in the height of summer.                                                                                                                                                           their mark here in Singapore.       Oz” dining concept.                    example of why there’s much to
donm@mediacorp.com.sg             Yes, the undeniable allure of dining             In fact, out of a total of 503 restaurants                                                                                                                                                His Salt Grill & Sky Bar at the          Salt, Sydney was Mangan’s         love about Sydney.




                                                                                                                                   Chef Webster (left) reopened his previously defunct Michelin-
                                                                                                                                   starred Osia restaurant in London, in Resorts World Sentosa.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Chef Mangan (right), one of Australia’s most famous chefs, opened
                                                                                                                                around Australia that were awarded with                            Salt Grill & Sky Bar in partnership with PJ Partners, last December.
                                                                                                                                Australian Good Food And Travel Guide’s
                                                                                                                                (AGFG) coveted Chefs Hats Awards this
                                                                                                                                year, Sydney had 77 awarded restaurants
                                                                                                                                over Melbourne’s 72.
                                                                                                                                     Its success is due to a combination
                                                                                                                                of world-class outposts like Japanese
                                                                                                                                contemporary dining Nobu, plus a long
                                                                                                            YUM                 list of feted local establishments, including
                                                                                                          FACTOR                Neil Perry’s Rockpool restaurant;Vue de
                                                                                                                                Monde by Shannon Bennett, AGFG’s 2007
                                                                                                                                Chef Of The Year; and, of course, 22-year-
                                                                                                                                old Tetsuya’s from Chef Tetsuya Wakuda.
                                                                                                         Out of a                    Sydney also has two of the highest
                                                                                                       total of 503             achievers in the judges’ eyes: Chef Tetsuya
                                                                                                                                and Quay Restaurant’s Peter Gilmore.
                                                                                                       restaurants                   We may be about 3,410 nautical
                                                                                                          around                miles away from the state capital of
                                                                                                                                New South Wales, but we can still have
                                                                                                         Australia              mouth-watering Sydney fare, right here in
                                                                                                        that were               perennially sunny (okay, sometimes rainy)
                                                                                                                                Singapore. And, sometimes, high above it.
                                                                                                         awarded                     Lending his own Down Under
                                                                                                       the coveted              perspective to dining 35,000 feet in the air
                                                                                                       Chefs Hats               is renowned Sydney-based chef Matthew
                                                                                                                                Moran, joining London’s Gordon Ramsay,
                                                                                                          Award                 Singapore’s Sam Leong and New York’s Alfred
                                                                                                         this year,             Portale on Singapore Airlines’ International
                                                                                                                                Culinary Panel as a consulting chef.
                                                                                                        a total of                   The youngest chef to receive a presti-
                                                                                                        77 Sydney               gious Chef’s Hat, Chef Moran went on to
                                                                                                       restaurants              co-own the award-winning Morans Restau-
                                                                                                                                rant And Cafe and the famed Aria in Sydney.
                                                                                                        made the                     Down on the ground, Waku Ghin at
                                                                                                            list.               Marina Bay Sands, Chef Tetsuya’s first es-
                                                                                                                                tablishment outside of Australia, heads the
                                                                                                                                local Sydney connection with only 25 seats
                                                                                                                                up for grabs — and a 3,000-bottle wine list
                                                                                                                                to peruse once you snag a reservation.
                                                                                                                                     Two Melbourne chefs who have made
                                                                                                                                their mark in Sydney and are now satiating
                                                                                                                                Singapore appetites include Scott Webster
                                                                                                                                and Luke Mangan.
                                                                                                                                     Chef Webster chose Singapore as the
                                                                                                                                location for the rebirth of his previously
                                                                                                                                defunct Michelin-starred Osia restaurant
                                                                                                                                in London. The cuisine at Osia at Resorts
                                                                                                                                World Sentosa, Webster told Today, isn’t
                                                                                                                                just another piece in what has been
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                                                                                                                                                                                 Blog #1: XssAt


     Sydney’S
                                                                                                                                                                                    Founder: XIAOHAN SHEN, 25

                                                                                                                                                                                 describe sydney’s fashion scene.                     and beach lifestyles and we have to be      dress in lots of layers.
                                                                                                                                                                                 Eclectic, laidback and a little bohemian.            versatile enough for both. The climate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      also plays a big part in the way we dress   Who are your favourite
                                                                                                                                                                                 What do you think sets sydney                        — the hot summers require us to dress       sydney-based designers?




     got styLe
                                                                                                                                                                                 style apart?                                         sparingly, while the warm winter days       Josh Goot, Sara Phillips and
                                                                                                                                                                                 Sydney has a great combination of urban              and cold winter nights require us to        Dion Lee.                      Xiaohan Shen

                                                                                                                                                                         gwen
                                                                                                                                                                    Stefani’s kids
                                                                                                                                                                       have got
                                                                                                                                                                   nothing on this
                                                                                                                                                                    little rock ’n’
                                                            m the ground up                                                                                               rolla.
  In this Aussie city, trends start fro
                                                                                                                                               Blog #2: sydney
                                                                                                                                               street styLe
                                                                                                                                                  Founder: LUkE RAILINGS, 16
                                Lynette Koh
                           lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg
                                                                                                                                                                                  What are your thoughts
                                                                                                                                                                                  on sydney’s street style?
                                is clearly on the rise.
FASHION Down Under                     ely associated
                                                                                                                                                                                  Sydney has such a diverse range of
       Once practically exclusiv                                                                                                                                                  styles and fashions. This allows
                                 h as Quiksilver and
with surfwear brands suc                                                                                                                                                          everyone to draw inspiration from
                                   n has come into its
Billabong, Australian fashio — and Sydney                                                                                                                                         each other. I feel like Sydney fashion
 own over the past few         years
                                    lbourne, as one                                                                                                                               is just growing and growing, and I feel
 has emerged, alongside Me ots. How do we                                                                                                                                         — and hope — that in the not-
                                  tsp
 of the country’s major ho                                                                                                                                                        too-distant future, the Sydney fash-
 know?                                      ever-growing                                                                                                                          ion scene will reach the level of the
        It’s not just because of the
  slew of Sydney-base       d designers and labels                                                                                                                                current fashion capitals of the world:
                                  es among lovers of                                                                                                                              New York, Milan and Paris.
  becoming covetable nam
                                    (including Singapore
  fashion around the world
                                 0). Neither is it just
  — see story on page T1                                                                                                                                                          What are your favourite
                                   to several key Aussie
   because Sydney is home                                                                                                                                                         sydney labels?
                                  biannual fashion
   fashion events, including                                                                                                                                                      I like Sass & Bide and Romance Was
                                     gust each year.
   weeks, held in May and Au eastern                                                                                                                                              Born, but my favorite Sydney design-
           For proof that the    south-
                                                                                                                                                                                  er is Josh Goot. I love all his collec-
                                  me a hotbed of style,
    Australian city has beco
                                      k much further than                                                                                                                         tions — the tailoring and silhouettes
    one does not need to loo                                                                                                                                                      are just in a league of their own.
    its streets.                           mian —
            Edgy, sophisticated, bohe
     whatever fashion      tribes they have
                                     ny Sydneysiders
     pledged allegiance to, ma
                                     parts chic,
     boast a look that’s equal                                                                                                                                luke railings
     cool, and ver y comfy.                  le to be
             With such a surplus of sty
                                     Sydney, it’s no
      had on the sidewalks of
                                        street-style
      surprise that a number of city in
      blogs have popped up        in the
      recent years.
              Describing what makes
                                     out, Luke
       Sydneysider style stand
       Railings, the founder     of Sydney Street
                                          t the styles
       Style, said: “I would say tha
       of Sydney de    pend on what area of
                                        city centre,
        the city you go to. In the
        the styles are very mo      dern and chic                                                                 A bold scarf
                                           to reflect
        — they constantly change
                                                                                                               totally transforms
                                                                                                                a white tee and
         runway trends.                       k                                                                  blue jeans —
               “But in the more laidbac                                                                        parakeet optional.
         suburbs like Glebe, Ne       wtown, Surry
                                          style is
         Hills and Paddington, the
          more altern   ative. That said, all areas
                                          erse range
          in Sydney have such a div                                                                                                                                                                            Black shirt
          of styles, which is wh    at makes                                                                                                     Brown is                                                  with sheer sleeves,
                                                                                                                                               anything but                                                cut-off shorts with
           Sydney so unique.”                   fashion
                                                                                          Paired
                                                                                                                                               boring when                                               applique — interesting
                Here, four Sydney-based                                                with a white
                                                                                                                                                paired with                                                details make all the
                                         the ir
           bloggers share some of
                                                                                      shirt accesso-                                                                                                           difference.
                                                                                                                                               complemen-
                                              could                               rised with a choker,
           fav ourite images. Maybe we                                             even ripped jeans
                                                                                                                                                tary shades
            take a couple of   notes.                                                 can look put-
                                                                                                                                               of rusts and
                                                                                                                                                   beiges.
                                                                                        together.                              Photos: Xssat                                  ey Street Sty
                                                                                                                                                                                           le
                                                                                                                                                                                                   >> Continued on t10
                                                                                                                                                                  Photos: Sydn
weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011        T 12




they make                                                                                                                                    Australian aesthetic, which she describes
                                                                                                                                             as “classic yet fashionable, and influenced


the outfit
                                                                                                                                             by a relaxed attitude to luxury”.
                                                                                                                                                  Pick up any Oroton bag and it is
                                                                                                                                             obvious what she means. There is the
new Sydney-based luxury                                                                                                                      buttery-soft leather from which the
accessory brand oroton                                                                                                                       brand’s bags are made, typically in pair-
                                                                                                               Emeril satchel, $785
arrives on our shores                                                                                                                        with-anything colours such as tan, black
                                                                                                                                             and off-white. Then, there are their
Lynette Koh                                                                                                                                  stylishly slouchy forms, which are clearly
lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg                                                                                                                    inspired by classic shapes such as the
                                                                                                                                             satchel and the hobo, but feature just
WITH playful, well-made designs which                                                                                                        enough embellishment — a burnished
feature just a touch of quirkiness, Aussie           Emeril silk                                                                             clasp here, a panel of shimmery metal
                                                     scarf, $165
accessory brands such as Mimco and                                                                                                           mesh there — for a 2011 update.
Witchery have been steadily finding their                                                                                                         Escobar’s pick for the season? The
way into our closets since arriving on our                                                                                                   brand’s Alba mesh tote, which features a
shores last year.                                                                                                                            metal mesh inlay and “soft and luxurious”
    Now, fans of accessories designed                                                                                                        vegetable-tanned leather.
Down Under have even more choices:                                        Inizio chain link                                                       Said Escobar: “It’s the perfect piece
                                                                          necklace, $265
Last month, Sydney-based luxury                                                                                                              to take you from a day at the office to an
accessory retailer Oroton opened its first                                                                                    Alba mesh      evening out with friends.”
Singapore store at Ion Orchard.                                                                                               tote, $1,045        Besides appealing to a “broad audience
    Featuring plenty of polish and shine                                                                                                     spanning different ages, demographics
— thanks to floor-to-ceiling mirrors and                                                                                                     and locations”, Oroton’s easy chic has
gold metallic fixtures — the new 65sqm         Maille hobo bag, $920                                                                         also garnered itself a celebrity following
store houses about 90 per cent of the full                                                                                                   including Kim Kardashian and fashion
Oroton collection. This includes jewellery,                                                                                                  consultant Yasmin Sewell.
knitwear, shoes, scarves, lingerie and, of                                                                                                        A second Singapore store will open at
course, the brand’s signature leather goods.                                                                                                 Marina Bay Sands next month, and it will
    What sets Oroton apart from the                                                                                                          house the full Oroton collection.
competition, according to its creative
director Ana Maria Escobar, is its uniquely                                                                                                    Oroton is located at #03-10 Ion Orchard.



                                                                                        5 questions with
                                                                                        Jason Chan
                                                                                        HE FIRST made an impression with roles
                                                                                        in Channel 5’s Parental Guidance and
                                                                                        theatre productions such as SRT’s Much
                                                                                        Ado About Nothing. These days, Jason Chan
                                                                                        is more likely to be found behind the
                                                                                        camera as the founder of creative video
                                                                                        company BananaMana (www.bananamana.
                                                                                        com), which has its own YouTube channel.
                                                                                        Chan, who studied his craft at Sydney’s
                                                                                        prestigious National Institute Of Dramatic
                                                                                        Art (Cate Blanchett and Toni Collette are            Where are your favourite
                                                                                        former students), tells Today about his love         places to shop?
                                                                                        for “anything electronic” and shopping for           I love shopping online. DD Electronics is
                                                                                        used furniture in Sydney. Lynette Koh                great for camera gear, and Tago Tech is a
                                                                                                                                             local site great for photography equipment
                                                                                        you spent eight years in Sydney —                    and studio gear. The Book Depository is a
                                                                                        found any great shopping spots there?                great one for books: They deliver for free
                                                                                        I didn’t do a lot of shopping in Sydney              from the United Kingdom to anywhere in
                                                                                        because I was a poor acting student then.            the world — at great prices.
                                                                                        My most frequently visited shops were St
                                                                                        Vincent De Paul stores (charity shops) for           What are your biggest shopping
                                                                                        their second-hand clothing and furniture.            weaknesses?
                                                                                        My house in Sydney was mostly furnished              Anything electronic. I have four computers
                                                                                        with second-hand furniture before I                  — all Macs — an Apple TV, iPhones, DSLR
                                                                                        “upgraded” to Ikea! (Laughs)                         cameras, video cameras. Those are my
                                                                                                                                             toys; and I use them in my line of work, so
                                                                                        Do you still visit Sydney frequently?                I can buy them without guilt!
                                                                                        I still return to Sydney from time to
                                                                                        time because it’s too beautiful to ignore.           What’s your most recent purchase?
                                                                                        Geographically, it’s my favourite place in           A Christmas present for my dad. I bought a
                                                                                        Australia. It has a beautiful mix of cliffs,         Nespresso machine at Myer (an Australian
                                                                                        ocean, harbour, rivers, beaches, greenery            department store chain) for A$350
                                                                                        and great weather — better than                      (S$449). During Christmas, everyone was
                                                                                        Melbourne’s weather, anyway.                         drinking four coffees from it each day.
weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011              T 10                                                                                                                                                weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011   T 11




Sydney’s got style                                                                                                                                               down Under
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Moss & Spy



                                                                                                                                                                 style on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               MoSS & SPy
>> Continued from T9                                                                                                                                                                                                           inspired by sophisticated Parisian style,
                                 A shirt with
                               baby-blue prints
                                                    Blog #3: We                                                                                                  up and up                                                     this label by designer lia Tsimos features
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ultra-feminine and retro-style silhouettes:
                           lightens up this euro-                                                                                                                                                                              Think lace-trimmed, over-the-knee silk
                            fashionista get-up —
                             and the boater hat
                                makes it oh-so
                                                    The PeoPle                                                                                                   The look of Sydney —
                                                                                                                                                                 and how to get it                              Bec & Bridge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               dresses.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Where to find: Cate (www.cate.com.sg)
                                   Aussie.            Founder: Jessie Bush, 22                                                              Jessie Bush          WheN the flawless Cate Blanchett                              Price range: From $200                                                                      Ksubi denim
                                                                                                                                                                 — who, mind you, has ready access                             for a blouse.
                                                    how would you describe                               What makes the city’s style unique?                     to couture from giorgio armani to
                                                    Sydney style?                                        sydney style is heavily influenced by                   alexander McQueen — named us young                            KSUbi
                                                    Polished, sexy and a bit beachy. Women               two things — local designers and beach                  sydney-based label Romance Was Born as                        launched in 2000 by surfers george
                                                    here like to celebrate their beauty — any            culture. australian designers have a vision             a label to watch last year, we knew it was                    gorrow and Dan single, Ksubi has made a
                                                    occasion is reason to be well-dressed.               that’s entirely their own:Vibrant, modern               time to take sydney style seriously.                          name for itself with its slouchy yet skinny
                                                                                                         and innovative. australians don’t shy away                   and if the racks at local multi-                         jeans, psychedelically colourful clothing
                                                                                                         from colour, and they don’t mind being a                brand boutiques are anything to go by,                        designs, statement eyewear, and now,
                                                                                                         bit sexy. it’s all about having a bit of fun.           singaporeans have been developing quite                       footwear.
                                                                      Beachy waves, leopard-print                                                                a taste for aussie fashion labels, partly                     Where to find: The Denim store by
                                                                       shorts, and black wedges
                                                                     sum up laidback Sydney style.       favourite Sydney labels?                                because their clothes are designed for a                      Queen’s Couture (#03-09/10/11
                                                                                                         Josh goot for amazing silhouettes and                   climate similar to ours.                                      Mandarin gallery)
                                                                                                         prints, and Dion lee for impeccable tailor-                  One popular early adopter is holland                     Price range: From $129 for a tee.
                                                                                                         ing and fabrics. i also can’t go past Bassike           Village boutique antipodean, which was
                                                                                                         for luxurious basics and Chronicles Of                  opened in 2004 with a focus on designers                      beC & bridge
                                                                                                         Never for cool eyewear.                                 from Oz. “local shoppers now prefer to                        Classics with a twist — and often, a
                                                                                                                                                                 seek out more individualistic styles,” said                       very sexy one. launched in 2003,
                                                                                                                                                                 antipodean owner Cynthia liang. “aussie                             Bec & Bridge specialises in body-
Photos: We The People
                                                                                                                                                                 labels are very distinct, and they have a                            conscious designs with a creative
                                                                                                                                                                 very different style from american or                                and modern edge.
                                                                                                                                                                 european labels.”                                                    Where to find: antipodean
                                                                                                                                                                      echoing these sentiments, sharon                               (27a lorong Mambong,
Blog #4: onThe                                                                                                                                                   siew, founder of online boutique Cate,
                                                                                                                                                                 which stocks seven sydney-based clothing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   holland Village)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Price range: From $100
STreeTS of Sydney                                                                                                                                                labels, said, “Their fashion stands out
                                                                                                                                                                 because they reflect their designers’ zest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for a top.

   Founder: hayley hughes, 26                                                                                                                                    for life and love for the beach, and their                                    JaySon brUnSdon
                                                                                                                                                                 love for dressing up for social events like                                   One of the few australian
                                                                                            Hayley Hughes
how did on the Streets of Sydney                    changing architecture.                                                                                       dining out and having drinks with friends.                                   labels to have a standalone
come about?                                         it’s the people who make the city.                                                                           so, it covers the entire spectrum, really.”                                  boutique here, Jayson
i moved from Melbourne to sydney last                                                                                                                                 here's where to get a taste of a few                                   Brunsdon offers luxuriously
august. i worked for a popular street-style         how would you describe                                                                                       of our favourite sydney-based designers                                    flowy separates that
website for many years in Melbourne. and            Sydney street style?                           We like how                                                   right here in singapore. lyneTTe Koh                                       comfortably transition from
                                                                                               this young woman
when i arrived in sydney, i noticed that            Colourful and confident. People             plays with propor-                                                                                                                          boardroom to bar, as well
the city lackedn a dedicated street-style           like to experiment with trends,           tions when it comes                                                dion lee                                                                   as simple and sophisticated
web presence, and i wanted to rectify               but make them their own in                 to her clothes and                                                Dion lee was the most frequently name-                                     cocktail and evening dresses
                                                                                                     her hair.
this. Documenting a city’s street style             sydney’s unique carefree and                                                                                 checked designer among the sydney-based                                     for formal dos.
is as important as documenting a city’s             beachy way.                                                                                                  fashion bloggers we interviewed. and                                         Where to find:
                                                                                                                              Photos: on The Streets of Sydney   it’s not just them: lee is also the current                                  Jayson Brunsdon
                                                                                                                                                                 darling of the mainstream australian                                         (#02-47/47a Wisma atria)
                                                                                                                                                                 fashion press, who cannot get enough of                                      Price range: From $200
                                                                                                                                                                 his architectural approach to fashion and                                    for a top.
                                                                                                                                                                 his innovative pleating techniques.
                                                                                                                                                                 Where to find: inhabit
                                                                                                                                                                 (#02-16 Mandarin gallery)
                                                                                                                                                                 Price range: From $600 for a blouse.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jayson Brunsdon




                                                                                                                                                                                                     dion lee
Much More to Sydney than the Opera House!
Much More to Sydney than the Opera House!
Much More to Sydney than the Opera House!
Much More to Sydney than the Opera House!
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Much More to Sydney than the Opera House!

  • 1. February 19 - 20, 2011 a publication oF
  • 2. weekend today February 19 - 20, 2011 t2 t2 weekend today February 19 - 20, 2011 t3 Hugh Memories are made of this and me How I met Mr Right — Or why I’ll always have a soft spot for Sydney Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg breakfast. Now, that’s a parade. We also did the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb that trip, and our guide decided to turn comedian on us. “Did you know that the Sydney Harbour that’s Mr Wolverine to you Bridge has two times the number I AM completely guilty of a travel of rivets on the Eiffel Tower?” she May Seah crime: When visiting a place I’ve asked. “So it’s twice as riveting!” may@mediacorp.com.sg been to before, I always end up Ba-da-bum! comparing the experience to my And the food! So many I HAVE to say, I have a pretty cool job. son. (Mel Gibson, previous trip instead of focusing on memories, so many calories: As a features writer, I encounter who?) a new adventure. Sure, it might annoy Fish and chips in Manly, lobster interesting and/or famous people every I’m not usually my vacation companions but, hey, you carpaccio (so fresh I swear I saw day. Sometimes, I even get to jet set a groupie. But ask any travel your way and I’ll travel mine. its legs kick) in an Italian restaurant across the world to meet them. As such, woman — or, for that And so it happened when somewhere along Liverpool Street, my Facebook photos are full of trophy matter, any man — and I returned to Sydney last dinner theatre on a boat where a moments: Lounging brazenly in Sheldon’s they’ll likely tell you that Hugh November. My wife and I were tenor would burst into something spot on the set of The Big Bang Theory, Jackman is in a class of his own. Yen Yok recounting our first trip to from Turandot as we sipped our cream hanging with the Deadliest Catch guys in Never mind that he sings, the Australian city together of mushroom soup. Seattle, and perching on the shoulders of a dances, acts and produces. Never more than a decade ago. Which is why I was more than a couple of choice Chippendale dancers. mind that he is Wolverine. Never mind Back then, we weren’t little bummed out when, while in Sydney The photo that has received the most that he has a list of awards longer than married yet, we stayed with the family one time, my aunt comments by far — many in the vein of my arm. His real appeal can be explained out way too late, and suggested that we look for Chinese “How do I apply for your job?” — is the in terms of evolutionary biology: Hugh we did impulsive things food. Mind you, we’d just landed not one of me meeting Mr Right. Jackman is an old-school manly-man. like deciding to fly to an hour ago. (She also insisted on It was everything I thought it would Women want to date him because Melbourne — when we wearing heels when visiting the be. But don’t tell Hugh Jackman’s wife — I he’s tall, handsome and has proven were supposed to get on Blue Mountains.) don’t think she knows yet. himself desirable by being in a committed a plane back to Singapore. Speaking of the Mind you, we didn’t meet marriage to the same woman for 15 years nice. He had no entourage or assistant, no Now, on this particular Blue Mountains, my serendipitously at a lonely bus stop when and raising two children. Men want to be forced smarmy-charm, and no pretensions. trip, we were travelling son came up to me we were both holding the same Gabriel him because he’s tall, handsome and has He was the biggest star I’d ever met, but with two kids and a conga the other day and spouted Garcia Marquez book. The fact of the biceps the size of melons. SHE SAID by far the most personable. line of luggage. It was a little less this gem: “Did you know matter was that I had to travel all the way And speaking of melons, Hugh was My interview session with him was impulsive and a tad more stick-to- the Blue Mountains are to Sydney, Australia, in search of Hugh. in fine form that day in Sydney. To play the very last one in a long day of meet- the-itinerary-we-laboured-over- called the Blue Mountains Not that he was aware of it.Yes, it was a Wolverine, a strict regimen of 4am gym the-fans-and-print-online-radio-television- to-suit-their-tastes. because from afar they bit of a one-sided romance but still rather workouts, cold showers and egg white press sessions. And Hugh answered all the Still, I was wondering if look blue?” epic, I’d like to think. shakes had made his shoulders and arms On top of questions affably, making little jokes while Sydney would strike a chord No, I didn’t, I said, Back in April 2009, the movie even more massive than usual. He made all that his eyes twinkled into mine. with the boys as it had with where did you learn X-Men Origins:Wolverine was about to be his grand entrance hanging out of a much-ness, Which brings us back to that Facebook me. It’s the Australian city that? released, and a publicity event was held on chopper and waving to the screaming fans photo. It features the (one-time, but I’ve been to the most, seeing “Uncle Maurice Cockatoo Island, in the middle of Sydney below, then landed at the top of the quarry Hugh was who’s counting?) Sexiest Man Alive smiling as most of the family on my told me when we were going Harbour, because many of the movie’s and ziplined down to solid ground — all also really, charmingly into the camera — and me, mother’s side — and my son’s there,” he replied. scenes had been filmed there, as well as in the while clad in a polo shirt that looked grinning, a whole head-and-a-half shorter. godparents (and really good I know it doesn’t sound other Sydney locales. like it was about to bust its seams (in a really nice. And that is how there came to be friends) — live there, so it’s only like much, but the fact that my The island, accessible by boat, has good way), sexy black leather, matching a moment, immortalised in digital pixels natural that some of my most son remembered some fact like an old quarry and a number of historic stubble, and his trademark easy smile. for all posterity, of me and Hugh Jackman memorable, erm, memories, are set that from two months ago is a buildings including a former shipyard and Whatever it is in the Sydney water with our arms around each other, on a in Sydney. bit of an event. And it made me a prison, which is now a UNESCO World that produces such specimens — it beautiful island in Sydney Harbour. My first trip there presented me smile. (I Googled — he’s right. It’s Heritage site. The venue was also chosen should be bottled and declared a national It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got with the best gift a boy could wish for: got something to do with incoming because the movie’s star, 43-year-old treasure. to do it. His first encounter with full frontal ultraviolet radiation being scattered by Jackman himself, was born and raised in Here’s the kicker: On top of all that nudity of the female form. And it wasn’t particles within the atmosphere creating Sydney, and is now arguably its favourite much-ness, Hugh was also really, really The writer is a features reporter at Today. in some stuffy museum either. We were Faizal a blue-greyish colour to distant objects.) at the beach (I can’t recall which) and my And even this time we didn’t stay cousin had told me there was something out way too late, or get hammered with cool to be found at the other end. it turns into the happiest place on earth strange Irish men, or see naked women Curious, I followed him and — voila! — after Disneyland. for the first time (it is an event that, we were in the nudist section, where my My wife and I were there to cover unfortunately, cannot be recreated), or eyes feasted on a host of specimens of HE SAID the event and somehow we ended up even spend as much time as we would the human body as nature had intended. standing with an extremely friendly Irish have liked — we were at the Blue Naturally, the first thing I did was contingent, who invited us to share in Mountains for a total of 15 minutes. run and tell my mother (“Mum, mum, their picnic — of beer and Guinness. As my wife said, we did meet up with mum — guess what I saw!”), who in Not wanting to offend them amazing people whom we love, and turn told my uncle, who in turn beat my The food! by refusing their offer, we imbibed. who love our boys. Everyone enjoyed cousin, who in turn beat me. So many Everything after that is a bit of a blur, themselves — and that’s trumps being Many years later, I found myself memories, really. I remember fireworks. I remember beaten up by my cousin any time. at my first Sydney Mardi Gras parade. everybody hugging each other. I Oxford Street is known for its retail so many remember Cher’s voice blasting through The writer is the deputy features scene and bars, but come every February, calories. the speakers. And then it was time for editor at Today.
  • 3. weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T4 weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T5 Tetsuya talking I’ve met incredible people who helped me to get to where I am today. In some ways, Waku Ghin is similar to how it was when I first started Tetsuya’s in 1989 when it only sat about 36 people. is always a serious issue. I’d like more staff and, more importantly, people with passion. Skills can be taught. “Once things are more settled here, I’d like to send some staff in Waku Ghin to the culture. It will be good for them to experience it. “I’m not looking to expand. I just want to focus on Waku Ghin so that it can operate smoothly even if my eyes are “Hospitality is an important and worthy profession. I want people to be proud to work in this industry. The restaurant business is a people’s business — you have to enjoy being Tetsuya’s made him a accuracy of that old truism:You can tell a “Agreeing to come to Singapore to Tetsuya’s to work, and some of the closed. I could consider (expanding) if my with people. I don’t think it’s right for culinary rock star in lot about a chef by the food he cooks. wasn’t a difficult decision. Until Marina Sydney guys here. It’ll be like an exchange team wants to. Right now, I want my staff you if you don’t. Sydney.The opening of It was my second meeting with the Bay Sands came along, I never planned programme. There’s so much which can be to learn and grow. I keep in touch with all “It’s a special business — it’s hard Waku Ghin at MBS brought Sydney-based Tetsuya. Perhaps it’s the to open a second restaurant. I couldn’t learnt from each other — from ways of my ex-staff. I make it a point to visit them. to explain. I know I’ll be doing this until him to our shores. Now, innate Japanese manners that make him believe how lucky I was to be asked. cooking to running the actual restaurants They’re like my children. I die.” in his own words, chef such a polite enigma to interview. This is a And I feel I’m luckier than some of the Tetsuya Wakuda ponders his man who’s never been less than thoughtful other chefs who’re here as I’d already journey here and forward in his answers; whose flashes of humour been visiting Singapore very frequently. are as fleeting as they are sincerely It’s like my second home — I love the amusing to him. For one, who knew that food here and I’ve many friends here the reserved chef has famous “boyfriends” like Justin (Quek) and Ignatius (Chan) of He Said in Singapore? Iggy’s. They’re my so-called ‘boyfriends’, as Even when the topic turned tricky my staff like to joke, because I spend so SereNe LiM when we addressed the unthinkable fact much time with them. serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg that Tetsuya’s in Sydney recently lost one “There are many differences I went to of its much-vaunted three Chef’s Hats between Tetsuya’s and Waku Ghin; Australia SEVEN of the biggest names in the — the top honours — in The Sydney adjustments have had to be made. There culinary world gathered in Marina Bay Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2011, are 130 seats there compared to 25 in 1982 Sands to present their restaurants he remained preternaturally affable about here. We use different ingredients and it’s and arrived together on a united front on Wednesday. the whole thing. a totally different way of cooking. There Some revelled in swagger and thigh- Yup, when the world’s on a first-name- isn’t much local produce here, but you in Sydney slapping quips. (Mario Batali, here’s basis with you, you can afford to lose your can import almost everything compared with no looking at you). Others took pains to hat but not your cool. to how it’s done in Sydney, where there’s express themselves. And then there was plenty of local produce and you can’t language, Tetsuya Wakuda: Quietly earnest; exacting Part 1:The start of Waku Ghin import much. no skills yet elegant; cosmopolitan with deeply “I went to Australia in 1982 and arrived in “The distribution network here is also and only traditional soul. Sydney with no language, no skills and only very efficient — it’s faster to get produce And that’s when you realise the A$3,000 (S$3,840 today) in my pockets. to Singapore than to Sydney even though A$3,000 in they may be sent from South Australia.” my pockets. Part ii:The present situation I’ve met “It’s been six months since Waku Ghin incredible Chef Tetsuya Wakuda opened. I’m very grateful for how things people who have turned out so far. I didn’t expect the response would be so good. I’d (initially) helped me thought that I’d only get 10 people eating to get to at my restaurant. The success makes me more nervous. I have to keep up — I don’t where I am want to disappoint guests. But it’s good today. pressure. I can’t complain. “It hasn’t been more difficult on me Tetsuya now that I have Waku Ghin. Tetsuya’s in Wakuda Sydney has been around for 22 years. I have staff working for me since day one. I have 70 full-time staff. I think if they can’t function without me, it means something is very wrong. I speak to my staff at Tetsuya’s every day, too. “For those who say my attention is divided — it’s not true. Tetsuya’s has been awarded three Hats in The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide since Marinated Botan Shrimp 1992. Losing a Hat from three to two this with Sea Urchin and Caviar year doesn’t bother me. To be honest, two or three Hats, I’m not worried — I don’t care. Such things are very subjective. You go to the restaurant and ask the guests about the food instead. You try reserving to see if you can get a table easily. “Our team is very strong and very professional. I’m not going to change the way I do things just because of this.” Part iii: Looking to the future “There are many things I’d like to improve in Waku Ghin — cooking methods, better Saute Bamboo Clam with Garlic Cream ingredients and staff training. Staffing Waku Ghin
  • 4. weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T6 weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T7 Sydney in Singapore casually dubbed the mosaic of top of Ion Orchard opened first restaurant, opening in 1999. modern Australian cooking. “This in partnership with Japanese He now also owns and operates is my food, 30-odd years in the restaurant group PJ Partners, just the Glass Brasserie at the Hilton making,” he said. in time for Christmas last year. Sydney and Palace by Luke Mangan Mangan, arguably Australia’s The minimalist 6,000-sq-ft in South Melbourne. A taste of the city’s feted IN THE eternal rivalry between two great in Melbourne is still burning hot like an most celebrated chef, is the most space set against the backdrop of How’s that for a close cuisine right here at home Australian cities over, well, just about irresistibly warm fire on a cold winter night. recent addition to the influx of the city’s prized skyline celebrates encounter of the culinary kind? everything, it seems we might just have a But Sydney has certainly caught up fast, like Australian top toques to make the chef’s adaptation of the “Mod Not to mention another fine Don Mendoza winner.When it comes to dining out, at least. a bush fire in the height of summer. their mark here in Singapore. Oz” dining concept. example of why there’s much to donm@mediacorp.com.sg Yes, the undeniable allure of dining In fact, out of a total of 503 restaurants His Salt Grill & Sky Bar at the Salt, Sydney was Mangan’s love about Sydney. Chef Webster (left) reopened his previously defunct Michelin- starred Osia restaurant in London, in Resorts World Sentosa. Chef Mangan (right), one of Australia’s most famous chefs, opened around Australia that were awarded with Salt Grill & Sky Bar in partnership with PJ Partners, last December. Australian Good Food And Travel Guide’s (AGFG) coveted Chefs Hats Awards this year, Sydney had 77 awarded restaurants over Melbourne’s 72. Its success is due to a combination of world-class outposts like Japanese contemporary dining Nobu, plus a long YUM list of feted local establishments, including FACTOR Neil Perry’s Rockpool restaurant;Vue de Monde by Shannon Bennett, AGFG’s 2007 Chef Of The Year; and, of course, 22-year- old Tetsuya’s from Chef Tetsuya Wakuda. Out of a Sydney also has two of the highest total of 503 achievers in the judges’ eyes: Chef Tetsuya and Quay Restaurant’s Peter Gilmore. restaurants We may be about 3,410 nautical around miles away from the state capital of New South Wales, but we can still have Australia mouth-watering Sydney fare, right here in that were perennially sunny (okay, sometimes rainy) Singapore. And, sometimes, high above it. awarded Lending his own Down Under the coveted perspective to dining 35,000 feet in the air Chefs Hats is renowned Sydney-based chef Matthew Moran, joining London’s Gordon Ramsay, Award Singapore’s Sam Leong and New York’s Alfred this year, Portale on Singapore Airlines’ International Culinary Panel as a consulting chef. a total of The youngest chef to receive a presti- 77 Sydney gious Chef’s Hat, Chef Moran went on to restaurants co-own the award-winning Morans Restau- rant And Cafe and the famed Aria in Sydney. made the Down on the ground, Waku Ghin at list. Marina Bay Sands, Chef Tetsuya’s first es- tablishment outside of Australia, heads the local Sydney connection with only 25 seats up for grabs — and a 3,000-bottle wine list to peruse once you snag a reservation. Two Melbourne chefs who have made their mark in Sydney and are now satiating Singapore appetites include Scott Webster and Luke Mangan. Chef Webster chose Singapore as the location for the rebirth of his previously defunct Michelin-starred Osia restaurant in London. The cuisine at Osia at Resorts World Sentosa, Webster told Today, isn’t just another piece in what has been
  • 5. weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T8 weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T9 Blog #1: XssAt Sydney’S Founder: XIAOHAN SHEN, 25 describe sydney’s fashion scene. and beach lifestyles and we have to be dress in lots of layers. Eclectic, laidback and a little bohemian. versatile enough for both. The climate also plays a big part in the way we dress Who are your favourite What do you think sets sydney — the hot summers require us to dress sydney-based designers? got styLe style apart? sparingly, while the warm winter days Josh Goot, Sara Phillips and Sydney has a great combination of urban and cold winter nights require us to Dion Lee. Xiaohan Shen gwen Stefani’s kids have got nothing on this little rock ’n’ m the ground up rolla. In this Aussie city, trends start fro Blog #2: sydney street styLe Founder: LUkE RAILINGS, 16 Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg What are your thoughts on sydney’s street style? is clearly on the rise. FASHION Down Under ely associated Sydney has such a diverse range of Once practically exclusiv styles and fashions. This allows h as Quiksilver and with surfwear brands suc everyone to draw inspiration from n has come into its Billabong, Australian fashio — and Sydney each other. I feel like Sydney fashion own over the past few years lbourne, as one is just growing and growing, and I feel has emerged, alongside Me ots. How do we — and hope — that in the not- tsp of the country’s major ho too-distant future, the Sydney fash- know? ever-growing ion scene will reach the level of the It’s not just because of the slew of Sydney-base d designers and labels current fashion capitals of the world: es among lovers of New York, Milan and Paris. becoming covetable nam (including Singapore fashion around the world 0). Neither is it just — see story on page T1 What are your favourite to several key Aussie because Sydney is home sydney labels? biannual fashion fashion events, including I like Sass & Bide and Romance Was gust each year. weeks, held in May and Au eastern Born, but my favorite Sydney design- For proof that the south- er is Josh Goot. I love all his collec- me a hotbed of style, Australian city has beco k much further than tions — the tailoring and silhouettes one does not need to loo are just in a league of their own. its streets. mian — Edgy, sophisticated, bohe whatever fashion tribes they have ny Sydneysiders pledged allegiance to, ma parts chic, boast a look that’s equal luke railings cool, and ver y comfy. le to be With such a surplus of sty Sydney, it’s no had on the sidewalks of street-style surprise that a number of city in blogs have popped up in the recent years. Describing what makes out, Luke Sydneysider style stand Railings, the founder of Sydney Street t the styles Style, said: “I would say tha of Sydney de pend on what area of city centre, the city you go to. In the the styles are very mo dern and chic A bold scarf to reflect — they constantly change totally transforms a white tee and runway trends. k blue jeans — “But in the more laidbac parakeet optional. suburbs like Glebe, Ne wtown, Surry style is Hills and Paddington, the more altern ative. That said, all areas erse range in Sydney have such a div Black shirt of styles, which is wh at makes Brown is with sheer sleeves, anything but cut-off shorts with Sydney so unique.” fashion Paired boring when applique — interesting Here, four Sydney-based with a white paired with details make all the the ir bloggers share some of shirt accesso- difference. complemen- could rised with a choker, fav ourite images. Maybe we even ripped jeans tary shades take a couple of notes. can look put- of rusts and beiges. together. Photos: Xssat ey Street Sty le >> Continued on t10 Photos: Sydn
  • 6. weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T 12 they make Australian aesthetic, which she describes as “classic yet fashionable, and influenced the outfit by a relaxed attitude to luxury”. Pick up any Oroton bag and it is obvious what she means. There is the new Sydney-based luxury buttery-soft leather from which the accessory brand oroton brand’s bags are made, typically in pair- Emeril satchel, $785 arrives on our shores with-anything colours such as tan, black and off-white. Then, there are their Lynette Koh stylishly slouchy forms, which are clearly lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg inspired by classic shapes such as the satchel and the hobo, but feature just WITH playful, well-made designs which enough embellishment — a burnished feature just a touch of quirkiness, Aussie Emeril silk clasp here, a panel of shimmery metal scarf, $165 accessory brands such as Mimco and mesh there — for a 2011 update. Witchery have been steadily finding their Escobar’s pick for the season? The way into our closets since arriving on our brand’s Alba mesh tote, which features a shores last year. metal mesh inlay and “soft and luxurious” Now, fans of accessories designed vegetable-tanned leather. Down Under have even more choices: Inizio chain link Said Escobar: “It’s the perfect piece necklace, $265 Last month, Sydney-based luxury to take you from a day at the office to an accessory retailer Oroton opened its first Alba mesh evening out with friends.” Singapore store at Ion Orchard. tote, $1,045 Besides appealing to a “broad audience Featuring plenty of polish and shine spanning different ages, demographics — thanks to floor-to-ceiling mirrors and and locations”, Oroton’s easy chic has gold metallic fixtures — the new 65sqm Maille hobo bag, $920 also garnered itself a celebrity following store houses about 90 per cent of the full including Kim Kardashian and fashion Oroton collection. This includes jewellery, consultant Yasmin Sewell. knitwear, shoes, scarves, lingerie and, of A second Singapore store will open at course, the brand’s signature leather goods. Marina Bay Sands next month, and it will What sets Oroton apart from the house the full Oroton collection. competition, according to its creative director Ana Maria Escobar, is its uniquely Oroton is located at #03-10 Ion Orchard. 5 questions with Jason Chan HE FIRST made an impression with roles in Channel 5’s Parental Guidance and theatre productions such as SRT’s Much Ado About Nothing. These days, Jason Chan is more likely to be found behind the camera as the founder of creative video company BananaMana (www.bananamana. com), which has its own YouTube channel. Chan, who studied his craft at Sydney’s prestigious National Institute Of Dramatic Art (Cate Blanchett and Toni Collette are Where are your favourite former students), tells Today about his love places to shop? for “anything electronic” and shopping for I love shopping online. DD Electronics is used furniture in Sydney. Lynette Koh great for camera gear, and Tago Tech is a local site great for photography equipment you spent eight years in Sydney — and studio gear. The Book Depository is a found any great shopping spots there? great one for books: They deliver for free I didn’t do a lot of shopping in Sydney from the United Kingdom to anywhere in because I was a poor acting student then. the world — at great prices. My most frequently visited shops were St Vincent De Paul stores (charity shops) for What are your biggest shopping their second-hand clothing and furniture. weaknesses? My house in Sydney was mostly furnished Anything electronic. I have four computers with second-hand furniture before I — all Macs — an Apple TV, iPhones, DSLR “upgraded” to Ikea! (Laughs) cameras, video cameras. Those are my toys; and I use them in my line of work, so Do you still visit Sydney frequently? I can buy them without guilt! I still return to Sydney from time to time because it’s too beautiful to ignore. What’s your most recent purchase? Geographically, it’s my favourite place in A Christmas present for my dad. I bought a Australia. It has a beautiful mix of cliffs, Nespresso machine at Myer (an Australian ocean, harbour, rivers, beaches, greenery department store chain) for A$350 and great weather — better than (S$449). During Christmas, everyone was Melbourne’s weather, anyway. drinking four coffees from it each day.
  • 7. weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T 10 weekend Today February 19 - 20, 2011 T 11 Sydney’s got style down Under Moss & Spy style on the MoSS & SPy >> Continued from T9 inspired by sophisticated Parisian style, A shirt with baby-blue prints Blog #3: We up and up this label by designer lia Tsimos features ultra-feminine and retro-style silhouettes: lightens up this euro- Think lace-trimmed, over-the-knee silk fashionista get-up — and the boater hat makes it oh-so The PeoPle The look of Sydney — and how to get it Bec & Bridge dresses. Where to find: Cate (www.cate.com.sg) Aussie. Founder: Jessie Bush, 22 Jessie Bush WheN the flawless Cate Blanchett Price range: From $200 Ksubi denim — who, mind you, has ready access for a blouse. how would you describe What makes the city’s style unique? to couture from giorgio armani to Sydney style? sydney style is heavily influenced by alexander McQueen — named us young KSUbi Polished, sexy and a bit beachy. Women two things — local designers and beach sydney-based label Romance Was Born as launched in 2000 by surfers george here like to celebrate their beauty — any culture. australian designers have a vision a label to watch last year, we knew it was gorrow and Dan single, Ksubi has made a occasion is reason to be well-dressed. that’s entirely their own:Vibrant, modern time to take sydney style seriously. name for itself with its slouchy yet skinny and innovative. australians don’t shy away and if the racks at local multi- jeans, psychedelically colourful clothing from colour, and they don’t mind being a brand boutiques are anything to go by, designs, statement eyewear, and now, bit sexy. it’s all about having a bit of fun. singaporeans have been developing quite footwear. Beachy waves, leopard-print a taste for aussie fashion labels, partly Where to find: The Denim store by shorts, and black wedges sum up laidback Sydney style. favourite Sydney labels? because their clothes are designed for a Queen’s Couture (#03-09/10/11 Josh goot for amazing silhouettes and climate similar to ours. Mandarin gallery) prints, and Dion lee for impeccable tailor- One popular early adopter is holland Price range: From $129 for a tee. ing and fabrics. i also can’t go past Bassike Village boutique antipodean, which was for luxurious basics and Chronicles Of opened in 2004 with a focus on designers beC & bridge Never for cool eyewear. from Oz. “local shoppers now prefer to Classics with a twist — and often, a seek out more individualistic styles,” said very sexy one. launched in 2003, antipodean owner Cynthia liang. “aussie Bec & Bridge specialises in body- Photos: We The People labels are very distinct, and they have a conscious designs with a creative very different style from american or and modern edge. european labels.” Where to find: antipodean echoing these sentiments, sharon (27a lorong Mambong, Blog #4: onThe siew, founder of online boutique Cate, which stocks seven sydney-based clothing holland Village) Price range: From $100 STreeTS of Sydney labels, said, “Their fashion stands out because they reflect their designers’ zest for a top. Founder: hayley hughes, 26 for life and love for the beach, and their JaySon brUnSdon love for dressing up for social events like One of the few australian Hayley Hughes how did on the Streets of Sydney changing architecture. dining out and having drinks with friends. labels to have a standalone come about? it’s the people who make the city. so, it covers the entire spectrum, really.” boutique here, Jayson i moved from Melbourne to sydney last here's where to get a taste of a few Brunsdon offers luxuriously august. i worked for a popular street-style how would you describe of our favourite sydney-based designers flowy separates that website for many years in Melbourne. and Sydney street style? We like how right here in singapore. lyneTTe Koh comfortably transition from this young woman when i arrived in sydney, i noticed that Colourful and confident. People plays with propor- boardroom to bar, as well the city lackedn a dedicated street-style like to experiment with trends, tions when it comes dion lee as simple and sophisticated web presence, and i wanted to rectify but make them their own in to her clothes and Dion lee was the most frequently name- cocktail and evening dresses her hair. this. Documenting a city’s street style sydney’s unique carefree and checked designer among the sydney-based for formal dos. is as important as documenting a city’s beachy way. fashion bloggers we interviewed. and Where to find: Photos: on The Streets of Sydney it’s not just them: lee is also the current Jayson Brunsdon darling of the mainstream australian (#02-47/47a Wisma atria) fashion press, who cannot get enough of Price range: From $200 his architectural approach to fashion and for a top. his innovative pleating techniques. Where to find: inhabit (#02-16 Mandarin gallery) Price range: From $600 for a blouse. Jayson Brunsdon dion lee